The craft beer Mataró Barrel Aged, made with organic Mataró grape must, has won the gold medal at the Barcelona Beer Challenge 2022 international contest within the category ‘Italian Grape Ale’. It is fermented with wild grape yeast, aged in barrel for 4 months and is gluten-free.

A friendship that gives birth to organic craft beers

Alta Alella and Molta Malta’s Grape Ale project was born from the friendship between Mireia Pujol-Busquets, Alta Alella’s second generation, and Adrià Felisart, owner of Molta Malta, the first craft beer store in Mataró. Both share lifelong experiences and friendship: they were schoolmates since they were children and they studied together Biology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Sharing a love and respect for nature, they decided to create this project together. It began with the production of two Grape Ale beers in the 2019 vintage, one from Chardonnay and one from Mataró, and continued with the 2020 vintage and the release of a new product, the Grape Ale Barrel Aged from Mataró.

Alta Alella MIRGIN Rosé Gran Reserva 2018 has been awarded with a gold medal on the category ‘sparkling rosé made using the traditional method and aged for more than 24 months’ by the Barcelona Rosé International Bubbles Awards.

Mireia Pujol-Busquets received the distinction during the awards ceremony that took place on the second day of the Barcelona Wine Week.

We are proud to announce that Alta Alella has been chosen Best Winery with a wine tourism offer by the members of the Associació Catalana de Sommeliers (ACS).

First of all, we would like to thank all the sommeliers for their work towards the wine sector and especially for their role as prescribers for the wineries. In addition, we also congratulate Ton Colet, proclaimed Best Sommelier of Catalonia 2022, all the professionals awarded in other categories, and all the finalists and candidates.

Mireia Pujol-Busquets, owner of Alta Alella, received the award during the ‘Nit dels Sommeliers’ (sommeliers’ night), which took place on 14 March in Mas Marroch (from Celler de Can Roca). In her speech, Mireia recalled the difficulties we have suffered due to the pandemic over the last two years, especially in terms of wine tourism, but also remarked on our commitment to continue sharing the wine culture and the work behind our wines and cavas: “… we have taken the opportunity to reinvent ourselves. We have a good team and we are preparing many surprises for this year; among others, a new wine club that we have just launched”, she announced.

Would you like to visit us among the vineyards? Check all our wine tourism experiences in this link.

Alta Alella 10 · Gran Reserva and Alta Alella CAU D’EN GENÍS have been the best rated within the eight wines selected from our winery.

‘Vivir el Vino’ guide has recognised eight wines from Alta Alella – four cavas and four still wines– in the 2022 edition. From all of them, Alta Alella 10 · Gran Reserva and Alta Alella CAU D’EN GENÍS have been highlighted and best rated.

Tasting notes by Raul Serrano (original text in Spanish):

Alta Alella 10 · Gran Reserva 2010: “Made with a “grand vin” philosophy: collectible, organic and vintage. (…) It is great from the moment it is uncorked, with intense aromas, elegant and complex. (…)” + info

Alta Alella CAU D’EN GENÍS 2020: “A simple swirl makes the xarel·lo appear in all its splendor, with its characteristic ripe, frosted fruit. (…) With a lively, fresh acidity, it leaves a long and persistent aftertaste”. + info

Here the best rated wines and cavas for this edition:
Alta Alella 10 · Gran Reserva 2010 – 97/100
Alta Alella MIRGIN OPUS · Paratge Qualificat Vallcirera 2016 – 95/100
Alta Alella LAIETÀ · Gran Reserva 2017 – 93/100
Alta Alella MIRGIN · Gran Reserva 2017 – 92/100
Alta Alella CAU D’EN GENÍS 2020 – 94/100
Alta Alella DOLÇ MATARÓ 2019 – 93/100
Alta Alella LANIUS 2018 – 93/100
Alta Alella PARVUS Syrah 2018 – 90/100

The Salón Peñín de los mejores vinos de España will once again bring together a selection of wines in a unique appointment in Madrid. The organization of the fair maintains its commitment to the segmentation by selecting only those wines that have obtained 90 or more points in the Guía Peñín 2022.

Here the best rated products for this edition:

Alta Alella delves into the beer universe with three varieties of gluten-free beers, made with organic must. Let’s remember that the Grape Ale project arises from the old friendship that unites Mireia Pujol-Busquets with Adrià Felisart, owner of Molta Malta Brewery in Mataró. The Grape Ale Mataró has been awarded in the latest edition of the Barcelona Beer Challenge 2021 international competition: more than 1,100 beers presented in 60 different styles, with an international jury of 40 members.

Alta Alella PB white wine is once again recognized amongst the best organic wines in the world by being awarded Gold at the Bioweinpreis 2021 International Organic Wine Competition.
Under the direction of sensor expert Martin Darting, teams of professional tasters have scored 812 wines organic products from 21 countries, in accordance with the PAR-System* evaluation system, recognized worldwide.

*The tasting of PAR® contests is based on the international scientific cognitions concerning wine and quality definition; primarily the terroir, in other words, origin, and not the varieties or ascending alcohol and sugar content.